World War Against Radical Islam

Coalition Strikes Target ISIS Terrorists in Syria, Iraq

Combined Joint Task
Force Operation Inherent Resolve continues to work by, with and through
regional partners to militarily defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria, or ISIS, in order to enable whole-of-coalition governmental
actions to increase regional stability.(Click
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Operation
Roundup, which began May 1 to accelerate the defeat of ISIS in the Middle
Euphrates River Valley and Iraq-Syria border region, has continued to gain
ground and remove terrorists from the battlefield through offensive
operations coupled with precision coalition strike support.

Strikes
in Syria

Yesterday near Abu Kamal, coalition military
forces conducted a strike consisting of one engagement against ISIS targets,
destroying two ISIS vehicles.

There were no reported strikes conducted in
Syria on Aug. 4.

On Aug. 3 near Abu Kamal, coalition military
forces conducted four strikes consisting of six engagements against ISIS
targets, destroying five ISIS vehicles.

On Aug. 2 near Abu Kamal, coalition military
forces conducted six strikes consisting of six engagements against ISIS
targets, destroying six ISIS supply routes.

On Aug. 1 near Abu Kamal, coalition military
forces conducted two strikes consisting of three engagements against ISIS
targets, destroying an ISIS staging area and an ISIS vehicle-borne improvised
explosive device factory.

On July 31 near Abu Kamal, coalition military
forces conducted a strike consisting of one engagement against ISIS targets,
destroying an ISIS command-and-control center.

There were no reported strikes conducted in
Syria on July 30.

Other
Strikes in Syria

On July 29, coalition military forces
conducted two strikes in Syria that were not reported in the previous
release:

-- Near Abu Kamal, coalition forces conducted
two strikes consisting of two engagements against ISIS targets, destroying an
ISIS supply route and an ISIS vehicle.

Strikes
in Iraq

There were no reported strikes conducted in
Iraq yesterday.

On Aug. 4 near Dulab, coalition military
forces conducted a strike consisting of an engagement against ISIS targets,
destroying two ISIS tunnels.

On Aug. 3 near Wadi Ashai, coalition military
forces conducted a strike consisting of an engagement against an ISIS
tactical unit.

There were no reported strikes conducted in
Iraq on Aug. 2.

On Aug. 1 near Wadi Ashai, coalition military
forces conducted a strike consisting of five engagements against ISIS
targets, destroying two ISIS-held buildings and three ISIS supply caches.

On July 31 near Wadi Ashai and Wadi Zagatoon,
coalition military forces conducted two strikes consisting of two engagements
against ISIS targets, destroying an ISIS-held building.

On 30 July 30 near Wadi Ashai, coalition
military forces conducted a strike consisting of an engagement against ISIS
targets. The strike engaged an ISIS tactical unit.

Part of Operation
Inherent Resolve

These strikes were conducted as part of Operation
Inherent Resolve, the operation to destroy ISIS in Iraq and
Syria. The destruction of ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria also further limits
the group's ability to project terror and conduct external operations
throughout the region and the rest of the world, task force officials
said.

A strike, as defined by the coalition, refers to one or more kinetic
engagements that occur in roughly the same geographic location to produce a
single or cumulative effect.

For example, task force officials explained, a single aircraft delivering
a single weapon against a lone ISIS vehicle is one strike, but so is multiple
aircraft delivering dozens of weapons against a group of ISIS-held buildings
and weapon systems in a compound, having the cumulative effect of making that
facility harder or impossible to use. Strike assessments are based on initial
reports and may be refined, officials said.

The task force does not report the number or type of aircraft employed in
a strike, the number of munitions dropped in each strike, or the number of
individual munition impact points against a target.